The Paradoxical Foundation of Strategic Management (eBook)

Foreword – Strategic Management in Deconstruction 7
Preface – Strategic Management and Paradox 9
Contents 11
1 Introduction to the Study 14
1.1 Underlying Problem and Research Objective 14
1.2 This Study and the Philosophy of Science 29
1.3 Limitations of the Study – Some Words of Caution 34
1.4 Structure of Analysis 36
2 Strategic Management as a Field of Study 40
2.1 The Concept of Strategy 40
2.2 Paradigm Lost? – The Roots of Strategy Research 46
2.3 Strategic Realities – Context, Process, and Content 66
2.4 Strategy Context, Process, and Content – A Résumé 78
3 The Dominant Logics of Strategy Research 82
3.1 Where to Look for Dominant Logics? 83
3.2 Exploring the Dominant Logics of Strategy Research 87
3.3 How Dominant Logics Come into Existence 112
3.4 Challenges from Outside the Mainstream 127
4 Deconstruction and the (N)either/(N)or 139
4.1 The Meaning(lessness) of Postmodernism 139
4.2 Deconstruction in a Nutshell? 151
4.3 Deconstruction within Organizational Analysis 182
4.4 Strategic Realities as Text 187
5 Strategic Realities – The Role of Paradox 190
5.1 Strategizing Because of Paradox 191
5.2 Strategizing Despite Paradox 193
5.3 Strategic Realities Despite and Because of Paradox 200
6 The Deconstruction of Strategic Realities 203
6.1 Strategy Context – Beyond the Market Given 206
6.2 Strategy Process – Beyond the Notion of Feasibility 226
6.3 Strategy Content – Beyond Simple Generalizations 247
6.4 A Résumé – The Neither/Nor of Strategic Realities 275
7 After Derrida – Strategy-as-Practice 280
7.1 From Deconstruction to Strategy-as-Practice 281
7.2 Social Practices – What s in a Name? 283
7.3 Strategy-as-Practice – Towards a Framework 285
7.4 Communities of Strategy Formation 291
7.5 Doing Strategy Research After Derrida 295
8 Final Reflections – Retrospect and Prospect 297
8.1 Retrospect – Rethinking Strategic Realities 298
8.2 Prospect – Fostering Engaged Scholarship 303
8.3 But, Beyond... – The End and the Beginning 312
Glossary of Terms 314
Bibliography 318